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How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.

Officials have yet to grasp the magnitude of heat-related deaths, let alone effectively deal with the problem, public health experts and scientists say.

© Anindito Mukherjee for The New York Times

Commuters drinking water from canisters placed near a bus stand during a heat wave in Rajasthan, India, in June.
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Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51

Born with muscular dystrophy, she received a MacArthur “Genius” grant in 2024 for her decades of calling attention to the need for equal rights for disabled people.

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Alice Wong in 2024. “One of the things that really gives me joy is the fact that there are so many amazing, brilliant, creative disabled people out there,” Ms. Wong said. “Part of my rage — and it’s a very real rage — is that most people don’t really know about them.”
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Fetterman Is Released From the Hospital After a Fall

The Pennsylvania senator was hospitalized on Thursday after he fell during a morning walk near his home in Braddock, Pa. He required 20 stitches.

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Senator John Fetterman at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in July.
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Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal

The chief executive of a Saudi firm says a Trump-branded project is “just a matter of time.” The Trump Organization’s major foreign partner is also signaling new Saudi deals.

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President Trump, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jerry Inzerillo at a model of the proposed Diriyah development during a state dinner in Saudi Arabia in May.
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Gallego Pitches Demoralized Democrats on a Midterm Message

At a health care town hall in his swing state, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, test-drove his party’s new political pitch to an audience disappointed in the outcome of the shutdown.

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Senator Ruben Gallego spoke about the government shutdown and Obamacare subsidy extensions at a town hall in Tucson on Friday.
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Man Arrested After Appearing at Alina Habba’s Office With Bat, U.S. Says

Authorities said Keith Michael Lisa had a bat when he showed up at the office of the U.S. attorney for New Jersey on Wednesday. He was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon in a federal facility.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The aggression with which the Justice Department pursued the suspect was somewhat unusual, given that no evidence that he threatened Ms. Habba specifically has been publicly released.
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Displaced Gazans Face More Misery as Torrential Rain Lashes Enclave

Heavy rainfall and chilling winds have added to the challenges facing people still forced to live in tents in the devastated territory.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

A flooded tent in Gaza City on Friday. After more than two years of war, many Palestinians are still living in camps without access to running water or electricity.
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Tuning In

Sometimes we assume the people and things around us are neutral or hostile to our existence. What if the opposite could be true?
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